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Social Media News Roundup: February ’17 Week 3

Week three of February has been a busy week for social media news. We’ve compiled the biggest news stories of the past seven days into one handy summary article.

Mark Zuckerberg posts 6,500 word manifesto

Mark Zuckerberg has posted a 6,500 word statement on his page reminiscent of a state of the union address. It reads as a riposte to recent criticisms of the social network and growing anti-globalization sentiment. It also makes a number of statements about the measures that Facebook can take in addressing and tackling a wide range of global issues including terrorism and inequality, with a view to building global community.

“Facebook stands for bringing us closer together and building a global community. When we began, this idea was not controversial. Yet now, across the world there are peple left behind by globalization, and movements for withdrawing from global connection.”

Zuckerberg recently denied that he would be running for President of the United States. His statement does not make any direct references to current devisive policies, rather focuses on vague references to empowering global connection and decreasing polarization. Read it here.

Facebook announces the introduction of job postings

Facebook is now muscling into the territory of LinkedIn with the introduction of features that enable job postings and applications from within the social network. The new feature was announced this week on the official blog and began rolling out to businesses in the USA and Canada. Simplicity seems to be the aim of the game here, as Facebook look to make the process of filling vacant roles as simple as possible.

“It’s easy for Page admins to create a job post, track applications and communicate directly with applicants. After posting a job, Page admins will be able to review applications and contact applicants on Messenger, all on mobile and all in one place… The experience is simple for applicants, too. Job posts may appear in their News Feed, in the new bookmark for jobs, and alongside other posts on business Pages. ”

Facebook continue to make no secret of the fact that they intend to develop a multi-faceted service that limits the amount of time users have to spend on other networks/webpages.

Twitter begins temporarily restricting tweet reach for abusive users

Twitter has begun temporarily restricting the reach of tweets by users who have been flagged as potentially abusive. The new anti-abuse measure restricts tweets so that they can only be viewed by their direct followers. The change was spotted by BuzzFeed and has been described as being reminiscent of a “time out”. Flagged users are greeted with the same message, as shown below.

Recruiters complain about LinkedIn’s “confusing” redesign

A number of recruitment professionals have spoken up against LinkedIn’s new redesign, complaining that it has had an adverse effect on the way that members use free and premium service search functions. One user has even decided to start a petition urging the the company to restore perceived lost features, including the ability to tag connections on free accounts, radius area search for premium accounts and the ability to use ‘AND’ and ‘NOT’ in Boolean searches.

Facebook page pays homage to the boyfriends of Instagram

A hilarious Facebook page is paying homage to the boyfriends and partners on whose shoulders falls the responsibility to take those so-called ‘candid’ Instagram photos. Boyfriends of Instagram currently stands at nearly 31.5k likes and popularity is growing at a substantial rate.